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Discipleship Focus: King
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
I am pretty sure that the Isaiah 6 chapter is one of my favorite
books of the whole Old Testament. I have
always loved this chapter. After all,
who wouldn’t think it cool to be in the presence of God? Who wouldn’t think it cool to see God face to
face? Who wouldn’t think it cool to see
God take a coal from His altar and cleanse us?
Who wouldn’t want to be in Isaiah’s shoes right here?
Then I
read the commentary that I wrote 3 years ago.
I was reminded of a better reason to love this chapter. In this chapter we are reminded of what it
really looks like to come into the presence of God. Look at what happens. The seraphim are so humble that they cover
their eyes and don’t think to gaze upon God.
Isaiah himself realizes how ill-prepared he is to be in the presence of
God and expects to die right there until the Lord cleanses Him. What we see in this chapter is how creation
should interact with the Creation King.
What we see is humbleness. We see
people who know their place. We see
people who submit to God and allow Him to be the center of attention.
We also
see the King give a command to Isaiah.
The King wants Isaiah to go forth with a two-fold message. The first half of the message is that there
will be judgment. God is going to come
forth and take His people into captivity because of their sins and their
transgression against Him. But the
second half of the message is just as important. A remnant will remain. There will be people who remain who will
carry on the message and live faithfully.
God does not leave us alone and helpless. We may have to walk through some dark times,
but we need not think we are alone in doing it.
The King loves us.
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